The research paper must be between 4 to 5 Pages /1,300 and 1,400 words (excluding Cover Page, Notes, Bibliography, & other non-text materials)—and must be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1″ margins all round, plus a Cover Page, Endnotes, and Bibliography.
- Cover Page (single-spaced) with the following information: Full student name; the title of the paper; course
title/number/section; & date of submission. - Endnotes (single-spaced; but double-spaced between notes). Start endnotes at the top of a new page.
- Bibliography (single-spaced entries; double-spaced between entries. For entries that require more
than one line, indent the second line (and subsequent lines) five spaces. Start the Bibliography at the top of a new page.
- 2 Newspaper / Periodical Articles (NOTE: NYT available via GCU databases (Primary Source).
- 1 Primary Source (Non-Newspaper/Periodical) (e.g.: memoir, report, letter, diary, interview, etc.).
• 2 Monographs / Biographies (Secondary Source). - 1 Scholarly Journal Article (Secondary Source).
- 1 Historical Dictionary or Historical Encyclopedia (Secondary Source).
No textbooks, no general surveys, and no general encyclopedias are permitted. That means that you may not
cite Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, Compton’s Encyclopedia, and so on.
- NOTE:
- Primary/secondary sources should represent the most important available sources on the topic.
- Above are Minimal sources. For an “A” you must go beyond the minimum; however, this is not a
“numbers game” and your grade is based on an overall assessment. - Try to use a Digital Archive. (I must approve the archive in advance.)
- Several scholarly journals that cover the American Revolution and the Early Republic, include:
Modern Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Affairs
Asian & European Business Collection
Indian Journal of Asian Affairs
– And many others (See JSTOR in Library database)
6). Style, Endnotes, & Documentation.
–The research paper must
be typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1″ margins all
round, and conform to Chicago Manual of Style, which is summarized in Kate
Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations,
8th Edition.
–Good papers
provide “evidence” to support an argument.
And this evidence (sources) is documented
(listed) in endnotes.
NOTE: Rubric gives significant weight to using “evidence to support an
argument.”
–You must document sources. Use endnotes (not footnotes); and number
endnotes consecutively in
Arabic
(not Roman) numbers.
–All
quotations require an endnote; in general, insert the endnote at the end of the
sentence (after the
period)
containing the quotation. When citing a
quotation located in a secondary source, cite both the author of the
quotation and the secondary source where it appears. For instance, if you use a quote from
Voltaire that you found in Mark T. Gilderhus, the full citation should
read: Voltaire quoted in Mark T.
Gilderhus, History and Historians: A Historiographical Introduction
(Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003), p. 1. The short citation would read: “Voltaire
quoted in Gilderhus, History and Historians, p. 1.
–There must
be a minimum of one endnote per paragraph (excluding Introduction and
Conclusion, which
often do not
require endnotes). If a paragraph has
only one endnote, it should be placed at the very end of the paragraph. All sources listed in the Bibliography must
be used in the endnotes.
–At least four (4)
endnotes must contain more than one (1) source.
–Citations of newspaper / periodical articles must
include: Author, Title of Article, Name
of
Newspaper/Periodical,
Date, Page. (John Smith, “Out of Work
and Hungry,” New York Times, August 18, 1933, p. 19.) If there is no author, indicate use “N.a.”
–In endnotes, citations usually require page numbers.
11). Writing Guidelines.
Please
use and adhere to “WRITING GUIDELINES” (on BB).
All papers must have an Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. In addition, all papers must have a Cover
Page and a Bibliography. The
Introduction must include 1) a research
question (RQ) stated in one sentence, and 2) an argument sentence
(AS). The RQ and AS must be
aligned. Further, the argument sentence must
be the last sentence of the introduction. In this one (single) sentence, state the
argument of your paper. All argument
sentences must begin with these 4 words: “This paper argues that …”
Use
clear topic & transition sentences to signal & define the topic
discussed in the paragraph (and perhaps also in that section of the
paper). EXAMPLES:
• Barack Obama and the Democratic Party platform
emphasized three issues. These included…
• There were two major issues in the campaign: the fondue prices in Switzerland and the
mutant
killer crabs on the New Jersey coast.
• Chris Christie won the 2016
presidential campaign for three major reasons.
Please note: Do not
use outlines or bullets in your research paper.
Use paragraphs, topic sentences, and complete sentences.
19). Pagination
A).
Number your pages, including the Endnote & Bibliography pages, in Arabic
numbers, bottom center.
B).
Do not number the Cover Page or Abstract Page.
20). Research Notes, Materials, Drafts. While
conducting research, you are required to make detailed research
notes (e.g., notes, outlines, highlight hard copies of
articles/books/documents). Similarly,
you should maintain rough drafts of your work-in-progress. You must save all research notes, materials, and drafts and, if requested, you
must provide them to me “immediately.”
Failure to do so (“immediately”) may result in a “0” or other penalty.
*PLEASE READ THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY AS THEY ARE THE BASIS FOR HOW TO WRITE THIS PAPER AND WHAT OTHER THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED*
Handbooks. It just needs to be one because I provided the other 6. Please the source needs to be from a database and not from a .com website.*